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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "joy williams" <joy_williams@ecobankzone.com>
Reply-To: jwilliams_196011@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:53:52 +0000
Subject: Thanks for your help
GREETINGS,
I am directed by my boss, to inform you about the success in getting
the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.
Presently I and my boss are in Paraguay for investment projects with
his own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, my boss didn't forget you’re past
efforts and
attempts to assist him and his colleagues in transferring those funds
despite that it failed on technical ground.
You are therefore advised to contact his secretary in Lagos for the litte
financial considerations he deemed necessary for your past efforts in this
transaction. The name of the secretary is . MR DESTINY CHUKWU
and his email address is destinychukwusec1@yahoo.com TEL: 234-30806959 ask
him
to send you the total of $800.000.00,(EIGHT HUNDERED
THOUSAND DOLLARS) draft which has been drawn on your name before this trip
as your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to
assist them in this matter. I am further instructed to advise you that they
are ever grateful for your past efforts and did appreciated both your moral
and financial support
at that time very much. You should feel free and get in
touched with our secretary MR DESTINY CHUKWUand instruct him where to send
the money to you. Kindly confirm to him your full name and address to send
it to.
Please do let us know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the stress at
securing this fund transfer. In the moment, we are very busy here with my
boss
putting pen in papers for the investmentment projects here in Paraguay,
which the new partner and
my boss are having at hand,
Finally, remember that an instruction is on ground with the secretary on
your behalf
to receive this money, so feel free to get in touch with MR DESTINY CHUKWU
and he will
send the amount to you without any delay.
Note that other people may be contacting you in respect of the same fund, as
it is still in Central Bank Of Nigeria vetting computer.
With best regards
Mrs.Joy Williams
(IN ACTING CAPACITY)
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